Directed by Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan (1998) stars Tom Hanks as Captain John Miller, leading a squad through Nazi-occupied France after the D-Day landings to locate and bring home a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. The film is widely noted for its depiction of the Normandy invasion and the realities of World War II combat. It won multiple Academy Awards, including Best Director. Från IMDB: Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.